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£400 Available for Wales’ Land Girls

8/31/2011 10:11 AM EST  -   Lantra
A £400 training grant is available to women working in Wales’ land-based industries from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Because of the positive impact, Lantra has extended the funding UK-wide, so women...
Lucy Taylor
 

Women and Work 2011-12: Supporting Women’s Skills Across the UK

6/27/2011 5:46 AM EST  -   Lantra
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Five hundred women working in land-based industries across the UK will continue to benefit from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project, as it has been extended for a fifth year.

Women and Work has already helped 1212 businesses and 3,250 women to increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Not only that, for the first time ever, this project is open to...

SETTING HIGH FENCING STANDARDS: YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED

5/24/2011 7:27 AM EST  -   Lantra
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Lantra Sector Skills Council is asking fencers to participate in an extensive review examining roles, skills and responsibilities of those working in the fencing industry. Those with a keen involvement in the industry are being asked to complete an online survey as part of the industry’s National Occupational Standards (NOS) review.

John Godden, Lantra’s Fencing Manager said: “The Standards...
Group Fencing
 

Britain’s 2012 Hopefuls off to Market

2/2/2011 5:52 AM EST  -   Parker Ward Ltd
Spitalfields, London, UK – On the 9th February 2011, Old Spitalfields Market, one of London’s most popular shopping destinations, will play host to a number of British athletes who hope to be competing in the London 2012 games – all demonstrating their sports of volleyball, fencing, goalball and handball.

The historic market hall will be transformed into a sports demonstration and participation arena for the day....

Fencing must train for survival

12/6/2010 4:00 AM EST  -   Lantra
With a declining workforce and continuing economic threat to many small businesses, fencing businesses must invest in skills to ensure their survival according to a new report published by Lantra Sector Skills Council today (6 December).
The report, which sought the views of 450 fencing businesses, identifies the current skill needs and challenges faced within today’s UK fencing industry, revealing that only...

NEW FACE FOR FENCING

9/7/2010 4:57 AM EST  -   Lantra
John Smith, Operations Director for fencing giant Saferoad BLG Ltd, has joined Lantra Sector Skills Council’s Fencing Group with a mission to raise fencing’s profile as a highly skilled and secure career.
Based at the Saferoad BLG UK head office in Scunthorpe, John wants to spread the message among fencing employers, their clients and the ‘new blood’ that he believes the industry desperately needs.

“Fencing is...

CYSTADLEUAETH I CHWILIO AM DDYSGWYR DIWYDIANNAU’R TIR GORAU’R WLAD

8/11/2010 4:27 AM EST  -   Lantra
Mae’r myfyrwyr gorau o blith y rhai sy’n gweithio ar ffermydd, gyda thyfwyr blodau neu filfeddygon neu mewn stablau, parciau neu goetiroedd ar fin cystadlu yng Ngwobrau Dysgwyr Tir Cymraeg y Flwyddyn a drefnir gan Lantra.
Mae Lantra, y Cyngor Sgiliau Sector ar gyfer yr amgylchedd a diwydiannau’r tir wedi galw am enwebiadau ar gyfer ei wobrau blynyddol er mwyn cydnabod y rheiny sy’n datblygu eu sgiliau.

Yn ôl...

COMPETITION SEEKS TOP LEARNERS FROM THE FENCING WORLD

8/9/2010 10:04 AM EST  -   Lantra
The best students drawn from the fencing world are set to compete in Lantra’s Welsh Land-based Learner of the Year Award.
Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based industries, has called for nominations for its annual awards to recognise those developing their skills.

Kevin Thomas, Lantra’s National Director for Wales, said: “These awards honour the best fencers Wales has to offer....

OPENING DOORS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

7/7/2010 9:27 AM EST  -   Lantra
Current economic conditions are tough on businesses everywhere, so to help those working within Wales’ environmental and land-based industries, Lantra Sector Skills Council is throwing open the doors of its Builth Wells office during the Royal Welsh Show (July 19-22).
Industry experts, training providers and staff from the Farming Connect Skills Development Programme are working together so that the show’s...

New Chair and Trustees Sought for Lantra Sector Skills Council

6/7/2010 8:33 AM EST  -   Lantra
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New Chair and Trustees Sought for Lantra Sector Skills Council

Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries, is seeking a new Chair to replace its outgoing Chair, Dr Gordon McGlone. Four positions on Lantra’s 13 member Board are also being sought.

Lantra is particularly targeting its 17 environmental and land-based industries in its search to replace Dr...